ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>JUG&#256VAL&#298</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>JUG&#256VAL&#298</i>, attributed to Gur&#363 N&#257nak, is an apocryphal text. It is not included in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. One version of it is available in the Pr&#257&#7751 Sa&#7749gl&#299 (chapter 79) edited by Sant Samp&#363ran Si&#7749gh. He places it under R&#257ga R&#257mkal&#299, and on the authority of some manuscript copy of a <i>janam s&#257kh&#299</i> states that in a moment of ecstasy Gur&#363 N&#257nak at a place called Chhu&#7789gh&#257&#7789, in the year 1569 Bk/ AD 1512, recounted to a disciple, Jha&#7751&#7693&#257 B&#257&#7693h&#299, the history of the prolonged meditation he had undergone for full forty <i>yugas</i>, all the time concentrating on the name <i>V&#257higur&#363</i>. According to Sant Samp&#363ran Si&#7749gh, Gur&#363 N&#257nak repeated the same text to R&#257j&#257 Shivn&#257bh of Sa&#7749gl&#257d&#299p (Sr&#299 Lanka) in 1574 Bk/AD 1518 when he visited that country. However, as the text has not been incorporated in the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib by Gur&#363 Arjan, it has to be rejected as apocryphal. Bh&#257&#299 V&#299r Si&#7749gh <i> (Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299) </i> affirms that it is the work of a yogi belonging to the &#256&#299 sect.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The poem represents Gur&#363 N&#257nak concentrating on different consonants of the name V&#257higur&#363 for a total of 36 <i>yugas</i> (time cycles) of darkness and four <i>yugas</i> of light and cosmic creation. For the first nine <i>yugas</i> he contemplated on the consonant <i>'v'</i>, for the next nine on <i>'h'</i>, for further nine on <i>'g'</i> and for the last nine on <i> 'r'</i>. In the four <i>yugas</i> of light (Sati, Tret&#257, Du&#257par and Kali) he contemplated on the full name V&#257higur&#363. During these long ages of meditation and contemplation, he went through successive stages of spiritual advancement. The final realization came as he reached the presence of God, who commissioned him to re-establish <i>dharma</i> which had declined deplorably in the Kali age.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">V&#299r Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, ed., <i>Pur&#257tan Janam S&#257kh&#299</i>. Amritsar, 1982<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">T&#257ran Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>